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310 there is no need of replying to
any of the other questions. In deciding the previous
case between the same parties, we made a reservation
concerning the power of the court below to deal with
the former case in the future, because of the fact that the
findings in this case are absolutely' in conflict with the
state of things exhibited in the previous Bennett Case.
Our order will bf,, second question answered in the negative and the other questions not answered.
And it will be so certified.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
SECOND CIRCUIT.
Nos. 74, 627, 73, 628.
Billings v. United States, ante, p. 261, followed to the effect that under
37 of the Tariff Act of 1909, in imposing a tax on the use of foreignbuilt yachts there is authority to bring an action in personam against
the owner for the recovery; that the tax became due on the first day
of September next following the passage of the act; that the six
months' clause applied only to the charterer and not to the owner of
such a yacht; and that the statute does not violate the due process
clause of the Fifth Amendment.
The second paragraph of 37 of the Tariff. Act of 1909 giving the owner
of a foreign-built yacht an option to pay an ad valorem of 35 per cent.
in lieu of the annual tonnage tax imposed on the use of such yacht
by the first paragraph of the section, is separable from the first paragraph and its validity is not involved in an action to recover the
tonnage tax from the owner of a foreign-built yacht who has not
availed of the option.
Quwre, whether one not the subject of the other contracting power to
a treaty with the United States can invoke the protection of that
treaty in regard to property rights.
When a treaty is inconsistent with a subsequent act of Congress the
latter will prevail.
The Constitution does not declare that the law established by a treaty
shall never be altered or repealed by Congress; and while good faith
may cause Congress to refrain from making any change in such law,
if it does so its enactment becomes the law.
Although the other contracting power to a treaty may have ground for
complaint if Congress passes a law changing the law established by
the treaty, every person is still bound to obey the latest law passed.
No person acquires any vested right to the continued operation of a
treaty.
Even if there is judicial power to inquire whether a provision in a duly
promulgated act of Congress raising revenue originated in the
House of Representatives in accordance with Art. I, 7 of the Constitution, it is sufficient if it appears that it was an amendment in
the Senate to an act that originated in the House; and, after the act
has been enrolled and duly authenticated, the court will not inquire
whether the amendment was or was not outside the purposes of the
original bill.
Where on direct appeal from the Circuit Court by one party based on
constitutional questions the whole case can be'disposed of, the questions certified by the Circuit Court of Appeals on an appeal taken
by the other party need not be answered, and the judgment of the
Circuit Court can be modified to the extent necessary and affirmed.
190 Fed. Rep. 359, modified and affirmed.
THE facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of 37 of the Tariff Act of 4909 imposing
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as were urged in the cases we have just decided, somewhat however reiterated and changed in form of statement, and other defences not made in the previous cases.
In the first direct case, judgment was rendered in favor
of the Government for the tax by submission on bill and
answer. In the second a like judgment was rendered, the
case having been submitted by stipulation to the court
without a jury, and in that case the finding of fact made
by the court as to the use of the yacht is as follows: "During the period from the said twenty-fifth day of June,
1908, the date when the defendant purchased the said
yacht, to the first day of September, 1910, the yacht was
used by the defendant both in the waters of the United
States and in the waters of foreign countries, as well as
on the high seas, and in the year immediately preceding
the first day of September, 1910, the said yacht was used
by the defendant continuously in the waters of the United
States, except for the period from June 20, 1910, to July 30,
1910, when she was used by the defendant on a cruise to
the Gulf of St. Lawrence."
Separate assignments of error were made in the two
cases which axe here on direct review and are referred to
and discussed in the arguments at bar. They are all,
in both cases, however, embraced in the ten separate
propositions stated in the argument, and both cases will
therefore be disposed of by briefly considering and deciding them. In doing so we shall bring the several assignments under common headings for the purpose of avoiding
repetition. First, that the court erred in holding there
was authority to bring an action in personam against the
owner for the recc very of the tax. This is disposed of
by the reasoning adopted in the Billings Case in passing
on the question of liability for interest. Second, that
error was committed in holding the first installment of
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